382 CAKYOPHYLLACEAE (PINK FAMILY) 



lance-oblong; seeds roughened. (Alsine Britton.) Swamps and rills, Md. to 

 P. E. I. and Nfd. ; also Mich., infrequent. (Eu.) 



3. S. fontinalis (Short & Peter) Robinson. Stems flaccid, regularly dichoto- 

 mous, bearing flowers in the forks ; leaves linear-spatulate, obtusish ; petals 

 none. (Sagina Short & Peter; Alsine Britton.) Moist cliffs, etc., Ky. and 

 Tenn. 



4. S. crassif61ia Ehrh. Stems diffuse or erect, flaccid ; leaves rather fleshy, 

 oblong -lanceolate, acutish ; petals longer than the sepals ; seeds rugose-roughened. 

 (Alsine Britton.) Springy places, Lab. and Gulf of St. Lawrence to 111., and 

 north west w. (Eu.) 



5. S. humifusa Rottb. Spreading or creeping ; stems and branches (5 cm. 

 high) 1-3-flowered ; leaves fleshy, ovate or elliptical (4-6 mm. long) ; petals a 

 little longer than the sepals; seeds smooth. ( Alsine Britton. ) Salty or brackish 

 marshes, Little Cranberry I., Me. (Redfleld) to Lab., Greenl., and Hudson B.; 

 rarely on inland shores, Upper St. John R., Me. (Goodale) ; also on the Pacific 

 coast. June- Aug. (Eu.) 



6. S. GLAUCA With. Tall (3-5 dm. high) and very slender, pale green ; 

 flowers large, on long pedicels (often 6 cm. in length) ; sepals lance-linear, acute, 

 considerably exceeded by the petals ; leaves (2-4 cm. long) narrow, not at all 

 ciliolate at the base. Grassy places along the railway, near St. Anne de 

 Beaupre", Que. (Churchill, Murdoch}. (Nat. from Eu.) 



7. S. 16ngipes Goldie. Erect or decumbent, 3 dm. high, essentially glabrous ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, gradually attenuate from near the base, shining or 

 glaucescent, spreading, 2-4.5 cm. long ; inflorescence terminal, dichotomous ; 

 pedicels 2-3.5 cm. long; pod narrowly ovoid, exserted, shining, nearly black. 

 (Alsine Coville.) Woods, etc., near L. Ontario ; and in varying forms from the 

 Sask. far northw. and westw. 



Var. laSta (Richards.) Wats. Usually very glaucous, 1-2 dm. high ; leaves 

 shorter and relatively broader, erect and some what rigid, 1-2 cm. long ; inflores- 

 cence often reduced to 1 or 2 flowers. The commoner form northeast w.; on 

 sandy or gravelly beaches about the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hudson B., northw. 

 and westw. June. 



8. S. longiffclia Muhl. Stem erect, weak, often with rough angles (2-5 dm. 

 high) ; leaves linear, aoutish at both ends, spreading ; cymes scaly-bractrd. at 

 length lateral, peduncled, many-flowered f the slender pedicels spreading or 

 deflexed ; fruit pale straw-colored; seeds smooth.' (Alsine Britton.) Grassy 

 places, Nfd. to Md., and westw. June, July. (Eu.) 



9. S. GRAMMA L. Stems weak, ascending or reclining, 3-5 dm. high, 

 rhombic in section ; leaves narrowly lanceolate, broadest a little above the cilin- 

 late base ; inflorescence pedunculate, terminal, diffuse, many-flowered ; seeds 

 strongly but minutely roughened. (Alsine Britton.) Grassy places, frequent. 

 (Introd. from Eu.) Var. LATir6LiA Peterm. is a form with somewhat broader 

 ovate- or oblong-lanceolate leaves, the lowest subpetiolate. In similar situations. 



10. S. HOLOSTEA L. Rather tall; leaves long (3-8 cm.), sessile, conspicuously 

 attenuate, ciliolate on the margin and midnerve beneath ; petals large, obovate, 

 usually cleft only a fourth to half their length. (Afsinr Britton.) Often culti- 

 vated, and tending to become established. (Adv. from Eu.) 



11. S. pubera Michx. (GREAT C.) Boot perennial; leaves elliptic-o^l '></, 

 ciliolate, 1.5-5 cm. long, sessile or the lowest somewhat pctiolate ; petals longer 

 than the calyx; stamens 10. (Alsine Britton.) Shaded r,.rks, N. J. and I'a. 

 to Ind. and southvv. May. The petals are cleft sometimes half their length. 

 sometimes nearly to the base. Late shoots produce much larger leaves and 

 often reduced flowers. 



12. S. MKDIA (L.) Cyrill. (COMMON C.) Annual or nearly so; stem hairy 

 in lines; leaves ova(<' to ovate-oblong, the lower on hairy petioles ; petals shorter 

 than the calyx, I'-partcd ; stamens 3-7 ; seeds scarcely roughened. (Alsine ~L.) 

 A conimnii weed. (Nat. from Eu.) Var. I-IMM-KKA Klett & Kichter (S. 

 nri/lrct.a Wcihc) with 10 stamens and more or less eresied seeds, has been 

 reported by Holm from Washington, D. C.; Sable L, N. S.; Man.; and B. C. 

 (Adv. from Eu.) 



